Vehicle shaft-support



(No Model.)

D. L. LAUGHLIN. VEHICLE SHAFT SUPPORT.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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nnMnTnius L. LAUGHLIN, or nusn ooUn'rY, INDIANA.

VEHICLE SHAFT-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'288,071, dated November6, 1883.

dpplication filed August 16, 1883. (N0 model.)

To a'ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DEMETRIUS L. LAUGH- LIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bush county and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaft-Holders; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will en-.

able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which formapart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my shaft- Fig. 2 is a side view of the holder-bracket. Fig. 3 isa sectional view of the device, and Fig. 4is a perspective view, on anenlarged scale, of the cross-bar which connects the shafts, showing thepivoted latch and the means for effecting its adjustment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention relates to shaft-holders for vehicles;.and it consists inthe construction and combination of parts of the same, which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the clip, which is made in one piecewith the holder-bracket B, which has a notch, O, at its upper end. Theclip is fastened, by preference, astride the middle of the front spring,as shown in Fig.1; or it may be fastened to any. other suitable part ofthe vehicle, so that it is opposite to the middle of the cross-bar D,which connects the shafts E E at their rear ends, and upon which thewhiffletree F is secured in the usual manner.

Upon the back of crossbar D, and exactly at its middle, is fastened aplate, G, provided with a projecting screw, H, on. which works the nutI. I

J is a slotted plate, which is clamped adjustably between the fixedplate G and nut I,

- screw H projecting through the slot.

drawings, so as to adapt its free end to engage the notch O in theholder-bracket B.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,the operation of this device will readily be understood. When thevehicle is not in use, the shafts may be held in an elevated positionsimply by raising them until latch K drops into the notch C, as shown indotted lines in the drawings, when they will remain in this elevatedposition until the latch is released from the notch, which is done bysimply tilting the shafts a little farther back, so as to disengage thelatch from its notch, when it will readily slip over the notched end ofthe bracket and allow the shafts to drop.

Inasmuch as all shafts are notbent at a uniform'curve, some being muchstraighter than others, and the cross-piece D being set farther forwardon some than on others, it becomes necessary, in order to adapt thisdevice to all kinds of vehicles, to make the pivoted latch adjustable,which is effected by means of the slotted plate J, in which it ispivoted, and which may be adjusted up or down upon plate G, which isfastened to the back of the crossbar D, the plate and latch being'heldfirmly in their position when properly adjusted by means of thethumb-nut I.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 0f the United States- In a shaft-holder, the combinationof the clip A and notched holder-bracket B, shafts E E, having cross-barD, and adjustable plate to engage the notched bracket, substantially asand for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DEMETRIUS L. LAUGHLIN. lVitnesses:

DAVID JACKSON LAUGHLIN, ELLSWORIH SIGEL LAUGHLIN.

J, provided withthe pivoted latch K, adapted

